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Is the time right for the Pentagon to lean in on Blockchain?

June 9, 2020 Eric Lofgren 0

… the Advancing Blockchain Act directs the Federal Trade Commission and the Commerce Secretary to collaboratively investigate the decentralized, distributed ledger technology over the next two […]

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Without rivalrous competition, we are gullible as to what weapon systems work

June 8, 2020 Eric Lofgren 0

Just as our distant ancestors were too gullible (factually, if not strategically) about their sources of knowledge on the physical world around them, we today […]

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Acquisition headlines (5/31/2020 – 6/6/2020)

June 7, 2020 Eric Lofgren 0

SpaceX and US Army sign deal to test Starlink broadband for military use. “…  the Army and SpaceX signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement […]

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Army Research Lab investigates cloak of invisibility

June 6, 2020 Eric Lofgren 0

The U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) has taken an interest in research by the University of Missouri into crafting cloak-like structures that can steer mechanical […]

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Has bargaining power flipped from government to contractor?

June 5, 2020 Eric Lofgren 0

… the government paid for much of the industry’s equipment and physical plant, normally a private-sector responsibility. Thus, during the Korean War, taxpayers financed more […]

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What Elon Musk would do over in the Starship design

June 4, 2020 Eric Lofgren 0

Irene Klotz: In hindsight, if you were doing this all over again is there anything you would’ve done to make the path shorter? Elon Musk: […]

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The legal side of procurement with Alexander Canizares

June 3, 2020 Eric Lofgren 0

Alexander Canizares joined me on the Acquisition Talk podcast to discuss the legal side of the acquisition system. He is a senior counsel at Perkins-Coie, […]

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DoD systems hacked in 4 minutes by outsiders and the DevSecOps open-source effort to remedy it

June 2, 2020 Eric Lofgren 0

The entire PlatformONE stack and entire DevSecOps stack is based on open source software. I think there were two different stories. Some companies saw open […]

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Massive ABMS contract to an unknown 5-person firm [UPDATED]

June 1, 2020 Eric Lofgren 4

Under the $950,000,000 award ceiling, Hellebore will support the maturation, demonstration, and proliferation of capability across platforms and domains to enable Joint All Domain Command […]

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Acquisition headlines

May 31, 2020 Eric Lofgren 0

CVN-78 completed a record 167 aircraft launches & recoveries in a single day. “For comparisons, the existing Nimitz-class with its steam catapults can sustain 120/240 […]

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Why carriers are not doomed

May 30, 2020 Eric Lofgren 0

Last time, I discussed the first problem in killing a carrier, that of finding it. That alone is a challenge, but the problems for the […]

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A deal with the devil to reform defense budgets

May 29, 2020 Eric Lofgren 0

It’s not just prices and wages that are sticky, budgets are too. The Council on Foreign Relations points out that U.S. nominal defense budgets hardly ever fall. […]

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Should government perform 30 percent of development in-house?

May 28, 2020 Eric Lofgren 0

My distinguished colleague from New Mexico, Mr. Runnels, asked the Defense witness, “Who made this decision to put it-the level of R. & D. to […]

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Podcasts, Blogs, and Newsletters I like for acquisition and otherwise

May 27, 2020 Eric Lofgren 2

Podcasts I like: S&T Voices from DARPA (restarting production) US Army CCDC’s In the Lab Air Force Research Lab’s Lab Life Acquisition & Contracting Air […]

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Rickover explains why government has so many meetings and reviews

May 26, 2020 Eric Lofgren 0

The recent DSARC review of the Navy’s reprogramming request of $23 million for the turbine-electric drive submarine is a typical example… Why then did it […]

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